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Good morning! Before being known as the bank that collapsed, Silicon Valley Blank made a name for itself as a bank that helps support underrepresented founders. Eight months later, the bank is now trying to repair its reputation among the Black community, and as part of rebuilding of trust,...
Good morning, and welcome to Tuesday! It’s been more than a year since Adobe announced that it intended to buy Figma for $20 billion, yet the two companies are still separate entities. As TechCrunch+’s Ron Miller points out, a year is a really long time in the tech world....
Good morning, and welcome to the end of another week! In an overall quiet year, the last few months have been pretty spicy when it comes to M&A activity: Atlassian bought Loom; Cisco bought Splunk; and Microsoft finally closed on its bid to buy Activision. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only...
Good morning, and happy Tuesday! Today we’re looking at Q3 venture data coming out of Europe. Overall, European venture capital data is down sharply. But as my colleagues Anna Heim and Alex Wilhelm write, European venture is “down, but not out.” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.Use discount...
Good morning, and welcome to Friday! Atlassian’s purchase of Loom last week raised eyebrows, and not just because it missed unicorn status by a hair. But overall, it makes sense that Atlassian bought it. “Teaming and collaboration is moving to async video, and that was the one big piece...
Good morning! We have lots of good stuff for you this Tuesday, so let’s dig right in. Up first, we surveyed six investors who are placing bets on AI. We wanted to know how startups should begin building tools for AI; whether startup-focused AI work is defensible; and how...
Good morning! I’m Karyne Levy, managing editor of TechCrunch+, and I’m very excited to be here. We’ve got quite a lineup for you today, beginning with some key moments from the Sam Bankman-Fried trial. Our reporter Jacquelyn Melinek has been at the courthouse every day; you can check out...